Bomani Jones
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it wasn't bad for me because I had bread, right? But like, if you don't have bread, I don't, it's a very thoughtless place. That's the best way that I can put it. It's the least awful place I've ever been. But no, that can happen from time to time. And I think.
it wasn't bad for me because I had bread, right? But like, if you don't have bread, I don't, it's a very thoughtless place. That's the best way that I can put it. It's the least awful place I've ever been. But no, that can happen from time to time. And I think.
white people don't realize this, that there's a tendency to take the black person, you know, and that black person be the spokesman for all the black people. And I, I can't speak for all of them. Right.
white people don't realize this, that there's a tendency to take the black person, you know, and that black person be the spokesman for all the black people. And I, I can't speak for all of them. Right.
white people don't realize this, that there's a tendency to take the black person, you know, and that black person be the spokesman for all the black people. And I, I can't speak for all of them. Right.
And so I know there's no harm in like, the only reason I would say that to you is because I know there was no harm intended because if there was harm intended, I'd have just never took the calls in the first place. Right. But I definitely wasn't about to miss out on the NBA finals to be your Sherpa. That wasn't, that wasn't going down. I got it.
And so I know there's no harm in like, the only reason I would say that to you is because I know there was no harm intended because if there was harm intended, I'd have just never took the calls in the first place. Right. But I definitely wasn't about to miss out on the NBA finals to be your Sherpa. That wasn't, that wasn't going down. I got it.
And so I know there's no harm in like, the only reason I would say that to you is because I know there was no harm intended because if there was harm intended, I'd have just never took the calls in the first place. Right. But I definitely wasn't about to miss out on the NBA finals to be your Sherpa. That wasn't, that wasn't going down. I got it.
It was, but I also, so what's interesting about that for me though, in a professional capacity is you can sign me up to be the person that speaks for black people, but you have no idea what's coming after you do that. Anything, todo es posible in that moment.
It was, but I also, so what's interesting about that for me though, in a professional capacity is you can sign me up to be the person that speaks for black people, but you have no idea what's coming after you do that. Anything, todo es posible in that moment.
It was, but I also, so what's interesting about that for me though, in a professional capacity is you can sign me up to be the person that speaks for black people, but you have no idea what's coming after you do that. Anything, todo es posible in that moment.
Like that would happen for Dan often where he would call me on his show to be the black person and he would not necessarily get the thing that he thought was coming.
Like that would happen for Dan often where he would call me on his show to be the black person and he would not necessarily get the thing that he thought was coming.
Like that would happen for Dan often where he would call me on his show to be the black person and he would not necessarily get the thing that he thought was coming.
What I will say about that is with somebody like Candace Owens, the people who are doing that are being very particular and calculated in what they're doing. So that that doesn't make me nearly as angry. But I do have a twinge of what should I do when they call me to be this person? Because God knows who the next call is. Right.
What I will say about that is with somebody like Candace Owens, the people who are doing that are being very particular and calculated in what they're doing. So that that doesn't make me nearly as angry. But I do have a twinge of what should I do when they call me to be this person? Because God knows who the next call is. Right.
What I will say about that is with somebody like Candace Owens, the people who are doing that are being very particular and calculated in what they're doing. So that that doesn't make me nearly as angry. But I do have a twinge of what should I do when they call me to be this person? Because God knows who the next call is. Right.
Yeah. Like this next person might not actually be smart. I may agree with that person, but that person's back. There's a lot of things that kind of come down to it. But I did what it's so funny, like being the black guy on television because this was a non-black topic. But I did saw the CNN hit.
Yeah. Like this next person might not actually be smart. I may agree with that person, but that person's back. There's a lot of things that kind of come down to it. But I did what it's so funny, like being the black guy on television because this was a non-black topic. But I did saw the CNN hit.
Yeah. Like this next person might not actually be smart. I may agree with that person, but that person's back. There's a lot of things that kind of come down to it. But I did what it's so funny, like being the black guy on television because this was a non-black topic. But I did saw the CNN hit.